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Definition of refrain
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Refrain
(v.) The
burden
of a song; a
phrase
or verse which
recurs
at the end of each of the
separate
stanzas
or
divisions
of a
poetic
composition.
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Burden
::
Burden
(n.) The verse
repeated
in a song, or the
return
of the theme at the end of each
stanza;
the
chorus;
refrain.
Hence:
That which is often
repeated
or which is dwelt upon; the main
topic;
as, the
burden
of a
prayer..
Promise
::
Promise
(v. t.) To
engage
to do, give, make, or to
refrain
from
doing,
giving,
or
making,
or the like; to
covenant;
to
engage;
as, to
promise
a
visit;
to
promise
a
cessation
of
hostilities;
to
promise
the
payment
of
money..
Celebrate
::
Celebrate
(v. t.) To honor by
solemn
rites,
by
ceremonies
of joy and
respect,
or by
refraining
from
ordinary
business;
to
observe
duly; to keep; as, to
celebrate
a
birthday..
Rondeau
::
Rondeau
(n.) A
species
of lyric
poetry
so
composed
as to
contain
a
refrain
or
repetition
which
recurs
according
to a fixed law, and a
limited
number
of
rhymes
recurring
also by
rule..
Abstain
::
Abstain
(v. i.) To hold one's self
aloof;
to
forbear
or
refrain
voluntarily,
and
especially
from an
indulgence
of the
passions
or
appetites;
-- with
from..
Faburden
::
Faburden
(n.) A
monotonous
refrain.
Reticence
::
Reticence
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
reticent,
or
keeping
silence;
the state of
holding
one's
tonque;
refraining
to speak of that which is
suggested;
uncommunicativeness..
Ballade
::
Ballade
(n.) A form of
French
versification,
sometimes
imitated
in
English,
in which three or four
rhymes
recur
through
three
stanzas
of eight or ten lines each, the
stanzas
concluding
with a
refrain,
and the whole poem with an
envoy..
Overlook
::
Overlook
(v. t.) To look over and
beyond
(anything)
without
seeing
it; to miss or omit in
looking;
hence,
to
refrain
from
bestowing
notice
or
attention
upon; to
neglect;
to pass over
without
censure
or
punishment;
to
excuse..
Refrainer
::
Refrainer
(n.) One who
refrains.
Abstinence
::
Abstinence
(n.) The act or
practice
of
abstaining;
voluntary
forbearance
of any
action,
especially
the
refraining
from an
indulgence
of
appetite,
or from
customary
gratifications
of
animal
or
sensual
propensities.
Specifically,
the
practice
of
abstaining
from
intoxicating
beverages,
--
called
also total
abstinence..
Disoblige
::
Disoblige
(v. t.) To do an act which
contravenes
the will or
desires
of; to
offend
by an act of
unkindness
or
incivility;
to
displease;
to
refrain
from
obliging;
to be
unaccommodating
to.
Neutrality
::
Neutrality
(a.) The
condition
of a
nation
or
government
which
refrains
from
taking
part,
directly
or
indirectly,
in a war
between
other
powers..
Pardon
::
Pardon
(v. t.) To
refrain
from
exacting
as a
penalty.
Hold
::
Hold (n. i.) To
restrain
one's self; to
refrain.
Refrenation
::
Refrenation
(v. t.) The act of
refraining.
Vaudeville
::
Vaudeville
(n.) A kind of song of a
lively
character,
frequently
embodying
a
satire
on some
person
or
event,
sung to a
familiar
air in
couplets
with a
refrain;
a
street
song; a
topical
song..
Spare
::
Spare (v. i.) To
refrain
from
inflicting
harm; to use mercy or
forbearance.
Abstemious
::
Abstemious
(a.)
Sparing
in diet;
refraining
from a free use of food and
strong
drinks;
temperate;
abstinent;
sparing
in the
indulgence
of the
appetite
or
passions.
Refrain
::
Refrain
(v.) The
burden
of a song; a
phrase
or verse which
recurs
at the end of each of the
separate
stanzas
or
divisions
of a
poetic
composition.
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